Mike Wilner: Blue Jays flirt with no-hitter in win over Orioles
flirted with Grapefruit League “history” on Wednesday, taking a no-hitter into the ninth inning in their 2-1 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
A second-inning four-pitch walk to Ramón Urias by Kikuchi gave Baltimore its only base runner over the first eight frames. “A shot up the middle,” said Thompson, “and I was like ‘oh no, there’s a base hit’ and nope, Cavan’s right there making the play.”“Oh yeah,” said manager John Schneider after the game. “Oh man, it was like the regular season, we weren’t saying anything. It was who can not pass out from the heat and who can not say anything about a no-hitter. It would have been pretty cool.”
Kikuchi, who had serious problems in the first inning last year, posting a 6.86 ERA in the frame, got off to a sensational start, throwing his first seven pitches for strikes before falling behind 2-0 to the Orioles’ No. 3 hitter, Jays killer Ryan Mountcastle. He rebounded to even the count, then got him to ground out weakly to second base.
He followed Kikuchi to the mound in Saturday’s 9-7 win over the Pirates, walked the first two batters he faced, then gave up a single to load the bases. The next batter, Rodolfo Castro, hit a grand slam.
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